Feminism in Lockdown

The pandemic has foregrounded women’s exploitation in the home and challenged feminism to once again go beyond middle-class concerns. 

Pathologizing Desire

Current contempt for age gap relationships serves to strip both men and women of their agency. 

The Not-So-Revolutionary Single Woman

The family is changing. Will the social contract catch up?

How Not to Be Elizabeth Gilbert

For female travel writers, it’s a risk.

Wounded Women

The assumption of female vulnerability threatens to invigorate the sexist evils it aims to combat.

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